Douglas Heye

North Carolinian. Former Capitol Hill, RNC, campaign flack. Ex-CNN’er, Harvard IOP fellow. Tar Heels, Yankees, Sinatra, Springsteen, Lexington BBQ fan.

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

"Tastes, smells and sounds are transporting. Shutting off the news, hovering over the stove and having playlists meant escaping the 'Do I need pants today?' stress we’ve all encountered." https://t.co/2g64RzZyCp

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

Republicans: listen to Dave Joyce!

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Asked GOP Rep. David Joyce about Rs/WH signaling they’re doubling down on MAGA agenda and taking steps to show they are ready to fight.

“We can't double down on stupid,” he old me. “What happened to us was a message clear and very loud that people don't like the way we're been moving in the wrong direction, and you can't lie to people about the things that they feel.

“They feel it at the pump. They feel it at the grocery store. They feel it in their kids' education, in the potential for losing their jobs to AI. And we haven't done anything to address those, and so that's something that to look forward to trying to address and create a plan and action to move forward. “

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

Anyone who didn't see from a mile away that Ramaswamy was a disaster just didn't want to.

[The Hill @thehill]

Republican Turner says Ramaswamy ad sunk his re-election in Ohio
https://t.co/hxrUHevIVi

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

Free the cheese!

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Cheesemakers on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border say the trade war between the two countries has raised costs, killed sales and caused a stink among friends. https://t.co/DfpwVlPeHw

📸: Jasper Colt/USA TODAY

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

This soldier shows real character. DOD political appointees should learn from him.

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

The loss of Addams Family Republicans is not a loss.

[Roger Sollenberger @SollenbergerRC]

Weird scooplet: On his way out the door after a bajillion scandals, Rep. Cory Mills will hold a congressional hearing about a pipeline project in Syria—where he went several times, mostly without revealing funding—and one of his expert witnesses is *a woman Cory has been seeing*

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

This is universal, and so important now.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Today idols arise and demand our worship: success at any cost, money, an obsession with appearance, popularity, or the unrestrained pursuit of pleasure. Sometimes, in order to win the approval of others, we may go so far as to lie, betray, or humiliate someone on social media. Do not bow down before anything that cannot give you life. And if you have ever fallen, get back up. Do not allow anything or anyone to take away the freedom God has given you. #ApostolicJourney #Argentina

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Today idols arise and demand our worship: success at any cost, money, an obsession with appearance, popularity, or the unrestrained pursuit of pleasure. Sometimes, in order to win the approval of others, we may go so far as to lie, betray, or humiliate someone on social media. Do not bow down before anything that cannot give you life. And if you have ever fallen, get back up. Do not allow anything or anyone to take away the freedom God has given you. #ApostolicJourney #Argentina

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

When your main qualifications are patriotic pocket squares and tattoos, this is inevitable.

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

Video shows soldier reprimanding Hegseth and advisers after some in the group laughed and talked at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

https://t.co/HIDoNfUVnI

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

@davidgoldiner South Carolina, too.

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

Foresight can also be 20/20 - it was easy to see this happen!

[Dave Wasserman @Redistrict]

Hindsight is 20/20: NC Republicans could have easily drawn a 9R-5D or even a 10R-4D map that would have withstood a blue tsunami (by drawing one more safe Dem seat in the Triad). Instead, by trying for a 11R-3D map, they're on track to end up in a 11D-3R hole.

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

For 10 years we've said Trump is unlike any politician we've seen, and now we want to lump him in with every other president? That's a mistake.

The next President-elect will want someone standing next to Trump up until noon on January 20, 2029.

Diminished? Yes. Lame duck? No.

[Steven Law @LawAmericanX]

.@LeaderJohnThune worked tirelessly to save the Senate majority from a lethal political riptide that was not of his making. Every credible pre-/post-election poll will tell you that what the pay-to-play fake journos are spinning is garbage.

[Zach Kessel @zach_kessel]

My latest at @WSJFreeEx: For some in the GOP's activist class, John Thune is the reason why the party got trounced in the midterms. They're wrong. The midterms weren't his fault, and the soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader is a valuable steady hand at a chaotic time.

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

For 10 years we've said Trump is unlike any politician we've seen, and now we want to lump him in with every other president? That's a mistake.

The next President-elect will want someone standing next to Trump up until noon on January 20, 2029.

Diminished? Yes. Lame duck? No.

[Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire]

"Donald Trump is now or will be within months a lame-duck president"

"It’s a sinking ship, and the rats are gonna jump. A lot of them will say, I don’t need the criminal jeopardy. I don’t need civil exposure. I’m out of here" https://t.co/VciTQSoPUe

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

Maybe, just maybe, they're anti-Semitic?

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Objects were thrown as former US President Joe Biden and Jill Biden left Trinity College Dublin today.

Pro-Palestinian protesters had gathered outside, and Gardaí arrested at least two people.

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

The overriding message from voters was definitely a rebuke of the Office of Cabinet Affairs!

[Jake Traylor @jake__traylor]

NEW: Next possible shake-up inside White House

Trump is considering firing his White House Cabinet Secretary Meghan Bauer according to two White House officials and a former White House official.

One of the current officials said Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Bauer over the past few months and Trump has held discussions with senior level staffers this week about her removal.

The high-ranking role heads the Office of Cabinet Affairs, serves as a liaison between the president and the cabinet secretaries and works closely alongside the president and chief of staff.

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

@DukeStJournal Yep!

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

The person singlehandedly most responsible for Donald Trump has jokes!

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Bye, Felicia.

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

If he includes Trump in that criticism, he's right.

[Samuel Benson @sambbenson]

Outgoing Rep. Chip Roy goes gloves-off re Ken Paxton

“I’m pissed off at a Republican establishment that embraced corrupt people at the top of the ticket too often. You can’t win an election and beat corruption when you put at the top of your ticket in Texas someone that we knew to have massive issues … we spent $500 million trying to chase winning that one race at the expense of all the others.”

[Antonia Ferrier @ahrferrier]

From Moscows perspective and desire for European domination

[Douglas Heye @DougHeye]

I would absolutely respect a candidate who says, "I'm not having some book no one will read ghostwritten for me, I'm just going to campaign."